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INTRODUCING GPSA CANDIDATES Jennifer Johnson runs unopposed for president, Edgerton also uncontested as VP By Madysen McLain Evergreen GPSA reporter
GPSA candidates for executive, college representative and senator positions shared their vision for next year at the general debate on Monday night. Candidates were allowed five minutes to share information about themselves and ideas they would bring to the senate if elected. This was followed by a Q&A session. Jennifer Johnson is the only GPSA presidential candidate, along with vice president candidate Samantha Edgerton. After Johnson and Edgerton made remarks, one senator asked what they would do to address mental health concerns in graduate students. Edgerton said the university could work on providing more telehealth mental health services to prevent a waitlist of students needing services. Telehealth services would allow international students to be able to speak with a counselor in their first language, she said.
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GPSA President Jennifer Johnson discussing about future events for GPSA on Monday evening in the CUB Junior Ballroom.
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THE BIG PICTURE
As students design a master plan for Pullman, the ‘climate crisis is the backdrop of it all’ By Madysen McLain Evergreen reporter
Landscape architecture students at WSU are applying research on rising temperatures that is due to climate change for a yearlong project focused on developing Pullman’s Gateway District. Steve Austin, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Design and Construction, said the Gateway District is the path from the WSU campus, near Sloan Hall, down to the bottom of the hill by the Visitor Center. About nine landscape architecture students are working on master plans this semester. Next semester, about 40 architecture and interior design students will work on the project. “This is a big picture,” Austin said. “It’s not as if next year, bulldozers will
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Mark Lees, a junior landscape architecture major, and Jesus Gomez, a junior landscape architecture major, discuss how they predicted the population for the future project on March 2 at Carpenter Hall. be down there building this stuff, but it’s mainly an idea that we put out there for people to talk about it.” 20 years from now Austin said the old way of doing business will change in the future if climate change continues to get worse. Transportation and architecture will be different in 20 to
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Edgerton is a history PhD student at WSU. She currently serves as a GPSA senator for the College of Arts and Sciences. Before Edgerton moved to Pullman over two years ago, she worked as a manager of disability benefits for a private insurance company. Johnson has served as a GPSA senator and a college representative for four years. She stepped in as president at the beginning of this semester. The Vice President of Legislative Affairs position also only has one ticket. James Dalton, GPSA senator and legislative affairs committee member, said he has worked on policies for veterans but wants to have a broader focus. “I want to bring to this position more involvement from other people,” Dalton said. “Everybody has their own story.” He said he wants to make the legislative affairs committee more diverse by showing legislators in Olympia a handout with
30 years. “The climate crisis is the backdrop of it all,” he said. Buildings will need to function in a hotter environment than what is normal, Austin said. Students used the United Kingdom’s model of going ‘net zero’ by 2050 in their plans.
Austin said the use of non-electric cars will be limited if the model is adopted by the U.S. There is not a practical option to make electric planes right now, so travel would be restricted to electric trains and cars, he said. “I’m not making a prediction,” Austin said. “I’m saying that it’s probably going to happen exactly based on this report and if the U.S. was to implement a system.” Francis Benjamin, a 37year Pullman resident and former city councilmember, said the students were told early on not to worry about finding sources for funding. “This is something where we want them to really dream and think outside the box,” he said. Another issue the class hopes to address is the path up and down the hill between Pullman and downtown. See GATEWAY Page 5
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Parking on College Hill will be partially restricted over spring break in order to clean the city’s streets from winter debris. Vehicles found parked on affected streets between 2 and 9 a.m. can be cited and towed, according to the press release. Affected roadways include: NE Maiden Lane, NE Colorado, NE Campus, NE B, NE California, NE D, NE C, NE A, Maple and NE Linden streets. According to a press release issued by the Pullman Police Department, debris like gravel and leaves build up over the winter season due to the ice and snow. The debris must be cleaned off of the roads in the spring. Cars cannot park on the narrow streets in the area around College Hill, according to the press release. The City of Pullman Maintenance and Operations will be cleaning the streets. WSU Transportation Services is working with the Pullman Police Department, according to the press release. See PARKING Page 5
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Wellness Wednesday
Mark Wright from King 5 in Seattle talks about his education as a Murrow undergrad
Junior forward Tony Miller had the best game of his Cougar career over the weekend
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Officer Luv St. Andre describes how his childhood and college experiences impacted his decision to go into law enforcement on Monday.
Hires include Breauna Banks, Jared Haulk, Luv St. Andre, Holden Humphrey; all four were hired at different times in past year By Jakob Thorington Evergreen reporter
Four recently hired Pullman Police Department officers were introduced to the Pullman Police Advisory Committee on Monday. Officers Breauna Banks, Jared Haulk, Luv St. Andre and Holden Humphrey appeared before the com-
mittee during the its monthly meeting at City Hall. “These four officers probably represent about 150 people that applied for those positions,” Police Chief Gary Jenkins said. “We’re very selective and it’s an accomplishment today for them to be standing as Pullman Police officers.”
Each officer had different hiring dates. The department hired Haulk two weeks ago and Banks joined the department last summer. St. Andre said he never thought he would be a police before joining the department. He said officer shootings targeted at civilians around the country inspired him to be a representative of his community. “I just wanted to be a better representative of what I felt like I had when I was growing up,” he said. He knew he wanted to be a police officer in Pullman after Jenkins directly responded to an email he sent after submitting his application, he said. “You usually don’t get emails and stuff like that from chiefs or sheriffs,” St. Andre said. Banks said she attended the WSU cadet program as an undergraduate and was convinced she wanted to be an officer after. “Doing ridealongs I kind of figured out Pullman was somewhere I wanted to be for the rest of my career,” she said. Humphrey said he always wanted to be a police officer since he was a child. As a child, he always was the cop whenever he played ‘Cops and Robbers’ with his friends. “I was always the police officer no matter what game we were playing,” he said. “As a kid, it wasn’t for the same reasons that I want to be a police officer as I do now. You think a lot differently when you’re 6 or 7.”
Haulk said he has been welcomed in Pullman so far as a police officer, which surprised him. “I’ve heard horror stories about starting at police departments and how they treat the new guys,” Haulk said. “It’s been awesome. Everybody has been super professional and super courteous to me.” Jenkins said the department is applying for a grant with WSU criminal justice associate professor David Makin to research the efficacy of de-escalation techniques and training among officers. “There has been very little or no research on how well if what is being taught is working,” Jenkins said. “This will be the first research that will be available … nationwide for law enforcement.” Makin, committee multicultural representative, said this was a one of a kind study. He said the study will aim to increase accountability and transparency among police departments. “You think about what policing is supposed to be, it’s supposed to be accountable and transparent,” Makin said. “By breaking down all these interactions, the police department cannot get any more transparent or accountable.” Jenkins said the application will be submitted by Wednesday. The department will know if it received the grant this September. The next meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. April 13 in Pullman City Hall.
Mark Wright: ‘I’m a student of life’
He switched majors from business to broadcasting because of his love for writing, storytelling, language skills By Loren Negron Evergreen reporter
A Murrow alumnus lives his life and pursues his passion for broadcasting with a mindset of learning. “I’m a student of life … I think that’s something that never stops and never should stop,” said Mark Wright, 1989 WSU graduate and King 5 evening news anchor. Wright is one of the recipients of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication’s 2020 Hall of Achievement Award. This award “honors and recognizes outstanding achievements of select graduates,” according to WSU Insider. Born in Seattle, Wright lived in Burien until he was five. His family then moved to Ferndale where a part of his family’s property was his uncle’s organic vegetable farm. Wright said he and his brothers worked for his uncle growing up. Wright said his rural upbringing was a “rustic experience,” but it taught him how to work hard at a young age. “We heated our home with wood, and we raised our own beef,” he said. “We didn’t have television until I was in the eighth grade.” Wright attended Western Washington University but transferred to WSU to join the school’s bowling team. When he transferred to WSU, he was part of the Carson College of Business, but did not do well. His love for writing, storytelling and language skills made him well-suited for the broadcasting program, he said. Wright realized he was in the wrong major. Whenever he goes back to campus to help with the annual Murrow Symposium, Wright said he would advise students to not fear failure. “Don’t be afraid of failure because sometimes failure will show you what you need to change in your life,” he said. As a WSU undergraduate, he worked as a reporter and anchor for Northwest Public Broadcasting. He said this was an “invaluable experience.” Wright said he covered city council and would come back from the meeting not knowing what the story would be. However, that taught him how to report.
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Mark Wright is an anchor for KING 5 in Seattle. Wright also worked as a reporter and anchor for Northwest Public Broadcasting when he was a WSU undergraduate. He covered city council meetings. One of the things he finds fascinating about the Murrow College are the instructors, he said. Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson was one of his broadcast professors. He said Johnson has been his friend and mentor for more than 30 years. “The cool thing about the Murrow College is that your first teachers become your first mentors, and they turn into life-long friends,” Wright said. Johnson said he remembers Wright reporting on serious stories in his TV news class. Wright was determined to pursue broadcasting as a career, learn as much as he could, show humility and not let fame change him, he said. “[Wright’s] always learning,” Johnson said. “If you can have that trait as a student or as a reporter, then you’ll go far.” Wright’s “student of life” mentality and work ethic is evident in his career journey. During his last semester at WSU, he worked as a legislative reporter
for KBSU on Boise State Public Radio. Wright said he did not know how the state government worked when he started working in that position. He said he would ask a lot of questions, which he incorporated as a life practice. “If you don’t know something, don’t pretend like you know something,” Wright said. “Never be afraid to ask a question. That has served me very well.” After graduating from WSU, he worked as a board operator for KXLY radio in Spokane where he worked 20 hours per week with a salary of $5 per hour. This turned into a “huge raise” of $5.50 when he worked as a radio operator for the station. He then transitioned into television reporting. “In a 10-year span, I went from part-time board operator at five bucks an hour all the way to the evening news anchor on television,” he said. For eight years, Wright worked as a news anchor for KSTU in Salt Lake City. He joined King 5 See WRIGHT Page 5
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Athlete of the Week: Tony Miller
A strong second half made a career best in points against Arizona State University By Cody Schoeler Evergreen sports columnist
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unior forward Tony Miller made a statement against Arizona State University on Saturday. He proved to everybody in attendance and watching at home that he is a baller. Miller has had a difficult season; he missed a month of action due to an injury and has only played over 20 minutes in seven of the 22 games he has played in. He ended the regular season on the right note, recording his best game of his Cougar career in the last game of the regular season. Miller had a game-high and career-best 21 points against the Sun Devils. His previous best scoring output came back in early December when he had 18 points against the University of Idaho. Miller’s points were much needed for WSU in that game. Sophomore forward CJ Elleby and junior guard Isaac Bonton, the team’s two leading scorers, shot 16 percent from the field and five percent from 3-point range. Nine of Miller’s points came during a stretch between 6:11 and 3:36 left in the second half where he was the only Cougar to score. Miller also grabbed two boards on the offensive end during that time, contributing to his six offensive
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Junior forward Tony Miller defends the ball from California on Feb. 19 at Beasley Coliseum. rebounds and eight total rebounds for the game, the second-most rebounds he has had in a game. Not only was this game Miller’s best scoring game, it was also his most efficient game. He took the most shots he has taken in a game, 12, but had his second-highest field goal percentage of the season. He made nine of his 12 shots for a 75 percent mark from the field, more than 12 percentage points higher than his season average. The most impressive part of Miller’s per-
formance might be the fact that he was able to achieve this level of production off the bench. He got the start in the previous game against Arizona in the wake of senior forward Jeff Pollard’s hand injury. Miller struggled in that game finishing with only six points. Miller did not let his previous game get to him and effect his performance against Arizona State. He returned to the bench contributed 28 incredibly solid minutes, the most minutes he has played in a non-overtime game.
Cougars try to stay hot against Bulldogs WSU scored 47 runs in a four-game sweep over the weekend
By Katie Archer Evergreen sports reporter
WSU baseball looks to keep its win streak alive against the Gon-
zaga University Bulldogs at 3:05 p.m. today at Bailey-Brayton Field. The Cougars (9-6) are coming off their sweep of the Niagara Uni-
versity Purple Eagles at home over the weekend. This is the Cougars’ first sweep since April 2018. Over the weekend, the Cougars scored 47 runs and allowed the Purple Eagles to score 16 runs. Senior pitcher A.J. Block had his third consecutive 10 strikeout game of the season. Block leads the team with 34 strikeouts and has an ERA of 3.25. Sophomore pitcher Zane Mills has 32 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.44. Junior left fielder Justin Van De Brake hit his second grand slam of the season over the week-
end. He leads the team with 19 RBIs and is second on the team with 18 hits. Sophomore first baseman Kyle Manzardo leads the team with 25 hits and 20 runs. Gonzaga (5-10) split its fourgame series with California State University, Northridge in Spokane, Washington. WSU won the last matchup 9-5 on May 6, 2019, and then-freshman pitcher Connor Barison got the win. WSU holds a 31-28 overall record against Gonzaga. The Cougars went 2-1 against the Bulldogs last season.
Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament predictions With the first round starting Wednesday, one columnist gives his guesses for day one in Las Vegas By Cody Schoeler Evergreen sports columnist
First Round No. 9 Utah vs No. 8 Oregon State at noon Wednesday Both of these teams got big wins over the weekend to improve their tournament seeding and now, as a result, will play each other. They split their season series with Utah, winning the first matchup by 12, and Oregon State, evening it up with a 19-point victory in the second game. Both teams have been better on the offensive end all season. The Beavers rank fourth in the conference in points per game with 71.2 while the Utes rank fifth with 71 points per game. Each team boasts their own top-five conference scorer. Oregon State has senior forward Tres Tinkle, who is third in the Pac-12 at 18.4 points per game. Utah has sophomore forward Timmy Allen, who is fifth in the conference with 17.5 points per game. The two have been even in the season series; Allen has outscored Tinkle 31 to 30 in the two contests. The difference in the matchup will be the supporting casts for each of the teams’ respective stars. Allen will be helped by sophomore guard Both Gach and freshman guard Rylan Jones, but neither player is in See TOURNAMENT Page 7
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GATEWAY | Continued from Page 1 Some ideas include running cable cars like in San Francisco, or gondolas. “Have you walked downtown from up here on campus, how’s it walking back?” Austin said. Josiah Pearson, junior landscape architecture student, said he would want to see an Amtrak station in Pullman to act as the city’s main hub of transportation. Jesus Gomez, junior landscape architecture student, said he is making plans for an interactive area, like a plaza. The area would be a place for people to sit and walk around. Pullman and WSU’s long history together Benjamin said WSU and the city have worked together several times in the past. He sat on the Pullman City Coun-
cil for 12 years, starting in the early 2000s. Benjamin now helps lead the Pullman 2040 project. The relationship between Pullman and the university varies between the leadership at both entities. Benjamin said Pullman and WSU are in a golden era right now. “If I look back to the last 30 plus years that I’ve been in Pullman, I think it’s one of the more positive times of WSU and the city,” he said. If the project involves building more roads, city funding will need to be secured. If the plans include building new structures the funding just depends on who would own the building, Benjamin said. Marie Dymkoski, Pullman Chamber of Commerce director, said the chamber acts as a conduit between the
day. A closed mind is the most dangerous thing in the world, Wright said. He also thinks the small, daily stories that are covered have a greater impact than the bigger stories. “Every day, we paint a picture of the world for our audience, and we do that every
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Samuel Aina, another candidate, is a third-year PhD student. He said he has noticed that graduate students focus a lot on their research. Aina said he would encour-
university and the city, specifically the business community. Dymkoski said in the past 15 years there have been several ideas to connect the two entities but some of the ideas have not come to fruition. “Instructors have tried to create class dynamics for them to learn things but they maybe didn’t necessarily have the connection to the city at the time,” Dymkoski said. “It was a class project that just got put on a shelf not for any reason, except for that it just never went anywhere.” Classes in the past have worked on a project similar to this, she said. About four years ago a class in the School of Design and Construction created a walking brochure for Pullman. Before then, the brochure had not been updated since the 1960s.
WRIGHT | Continued from Page 3 in 2011 where he anchored the morning news for five years. He became an evening news anchor about three years ago. Wright’s love for learning influences his love for his job, he said. He encourages people to keep an open mind and learn something new every
ways been family-friendly, she said, but she would work to make them more inclusive.
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Rachel Wong, College of Education representative, said she empathizes with international students because she is one.
stories from graduate students alongside their photo. The idea of tabling on the Terrell Mall was also discussed. Dalton said it would grow campus engagement. Two candidates are vying for the College of Education representative position. Rachel Wong currently serves as the College of Education representative and holds the programming chair position. She said she would be able to empathize with international students, as well as take what she learned from this year to make next year better. “As an international student myself, I can attest to the struggles they face,” Wong said. GPSA events have not al-
day through little stories and stories that may not be the big story,” he said. “They’re very important to helping people understand the world around them.” Outside of journalism, Wright plays golf and occasionally bowls. He also plays
age students to go out and explore WSU’s campus. “I want to come to GPSA to serve, I always look for opportunities to serve,” he said. There were two other candidates running unopposed as college representatives who also presented. Five college representative positions do not have candidates. There are also 16 senator positions without candidates. Ana Vishnevskaya, GPSA internal affairs chair, said a special election will be held at a later date for the open positions. Voting opened for the general election at 8 p.m. Monday and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday. Graduate students can vote on the website.
The chamber printed the brochures and continued to pass them out to people. Austin and the students met with College Hill representatives, Pullman City Council and other community groups throughout the project to collect community feedback on what they want to see in the plans. The project team will meet at the end of the project to present their plans. The students will explain the climate crisis and how their designs addressed it. “I think community connections are critical right now,” Benjamin said. “We need to build relations and better understand each other, and not see differences but actually see the commonality.”
the drums. He said he plans to join a band and go on tour as a drummer if his broadcasting career does not work out. Wright is also a member of the Rotary Club of Seattle. He served as president three years ago. Wright said joining a service organization and giv-
ing back to the community is important because it gives an individual credibility and an opportunity to be a part of the community. “Do good and be good, and good things will come your way,” Wright said. “That’s my motto.”
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Stanley Ong, program support supervisor for WSU Transportation Services, said on-campus permits will still be required over break. “On-campus permits are still required, but daily color-zone permits are half price,” Ong said. Students will be able to park on campus for a reduced fee, but parking permits will have the same hourly rates. A map of the impacted streets, as well as alternate parking, is located online at http://bit.ly/2A1eyul. If a student is planning to leave a vehicle in the impacted zone over break, they should send WSU Transportation Services their information including name, WSU ID number, license plate number and state of the vehicle as well as make and color of the vehicle. Transportation services can be reached at transportation@wsu.edu.
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he exterior of Moscow’s Swan Family Ink is painted in a traditional beige. The inside is bursting with life, color and ‘90s grunge music. Swan Family Ink owner Telisa Swan gave her first tattoo at the age of 12 — to herself. She gave her second at 14 — again to herself. In 1993, shortly after finishing her bachelor’s degree in graphic design at WSU, she began her professional tattoo career. Her mentor, a tattoo artist for a bike club, saw her receiving endless commissions by the end of training. “We’ve seen some s---,” Swan said. “When we first started it was a lot of bikers; [I] had some run-ins with ‘types.’ Men wouldn’t get tattooed by me sometimes at bike rallies, which was fine by me ‘cause I didn’t wanna tattoo ‘em anyway. I went to their girlfriends and gave them great tattoos.” Swan did not allow those early criticisms to hinder her work. She received prestigious national and international awards for tattooing starting with the Best Celtic Tattoo award at the Marked for Life tattoo convention in 1999 and more recently the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Coeur D’Alene 2019 All Hallows Convention. Swan has also served on multiple judging panels, and will be a panel guest at Puerto Rico’s 2020 International Tattoo Convention. Swan worked at several tattoo shops across the U.S. before finally settling in Moscow. Alongside her work tattoo artists Cera “Foo” Swan, Telisa Swan’s daughter and Myra Bird. “I couldn’t imagine any other life,” Cera Swan said. “I started right out of high school. [Tattooing] is the only life I really know; I grew up in a tattoo shop. I knew that’s what I wanted to do when I was 12. I did my seventh grade career day project on tattooing.” Cera has been tattooing for 20 years, mentored by her mother. She specializes in black and gray floral design. Myra Bird was introduced to the Swans through her Emma ledbetter | the daily evergreen fiance and quickly impressed Telisa with her artwork. Telisa Swan, owner and tattoo artist at Swan Family Ink, describes getting the various See INK Page 8
tattoos she has on her forearm Thursday afternoon at Swan Family Ink in Moscow.
Wellness Wednesday to be focused on migraines, menstruation By Emma Ledbetter Evergreen reporter
This month’s Women’s Wellness Wednesday, hosted by Pullman Regional Hospital, will focus on migraines and the menstrual cycle. Neurologist Sarita Said-Said will speak at the event, which is from 5:306:30 p.m. tomorrow at Three Forks Bike and Brew in Pullman, said Noel Nicolai, Healthier Communities coordinator and education coordinator at Pullman Regional Hospital. Nicolai said about 18 percent of American women experience migraines and they are a very prevalent condition in the female population. The purpose of the event is to give women an opportunity to ask questions they might not have time to ask or feel comfortable asking their primary healthcare providers. “People often go to the internet to try to look up the correct information rather than going to a provider,” Nicolai said. “We have so many qualified people in the area … but sometimes people are intimidated to ask.” The coffeehouse-style event is very Courtesy of pixabay Roughly 18 percent of the female population suffers from migraines, said Noel casual, Nicolai said, and is meant to create comfortable conversations Nicolai, education coordinator for Pullman Regional Hospital.
surrounding healthcare. Said-Said will speak for about 15-20 minutes before answering questions from the audience, Nicolai said. There will be a question box for attendees who wish to ask anonymously, she said. “We really want to give people empowerment to talk about everything,” Nicolai said, “and [provide] tools to ask the right questions in the amount of time
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we have with the provider.” Appetizers will be provided, Nicolai said, and attendees are welcome to purchase drinks at the restaurant. Women’s Wellness Wednesday is organized by Pullman Regional Hospital’s Center for Learning and Innovation and the Women’s Leadership Guild. Three Forks Bike and Brew is located at 588 SE Bishop Blvd. Suite G in Pullman.
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TOURNAMENT | Continued from Page 4 the top 25 in scoring in the conference. The Beavers’ next two top scorers both rank in the top 25. Junior guard Ethan Thompson and senior forward Kylor Kelly are averaging a combined 25 points to help out Tinkle. The Beavers’ scoring and experience will prove to be too much as they take down the Utes. Prediction: OSU 82-76 No. 12 Washington vs No. 5 Arizona at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday The Wildcats are catching the Huskies at a bad time for them. Washington has won two games in a row, which might not seem like much for most teams but was something they had not accomplished until last weekend. The second of those wins came against Arizona, who is on a bit of a cold streak by losing four of their last five games. They split the season series in two close games; the games were decided by a combined nine points. The teams match up well because they are built very similarly. They both rely on star freshman to lead their team and they have produced similar numbers. Freshman forward Zeke Nnaji is leading the Wildcats with 16.3 points per game while freshman guard Nico Mannion has contributed 14 points per game. The Huskies have been led by freshman forwards Isaiah Stewart with 16.6 points per game and Jaden McDaniels with 13.1 points per game. Despite similar
numbers, the team success has not been close to the same. Arizona finished with double the amount of conference wins as Washington. The biggest reason is their high-powered offense; they lead the conference with 76.4 points per game. The Huskies’ offense has not been as potent, finishing seventh in the conference with 70.6 points per game. If the Arizona offense shows up in Las Vegas than they should be able to earn the victory and win the season series. Prediction: Arizona 79-72 No. 10 California vs No. 7 Stanford at 6 p.m. Wednesday The third installment of this in-state rivalry will take place in Las Vegas after a series split in the regular season. Both teams are coming off of being on the wrong side of a sweep over the weekend. California has largely been a one-man-show all season long. Sophomore guard Matt Bradley is the Golden Bears leading scorer; he is sixth in the conference in scoring with 17.5 points per game. Bradley has been the leading scorer in 74 percent of the teams’ games and led the team in scoring in 10 of their 13 wins. Stanford has been led by the high-scoring duo of junior forward Oscar Da Silva and freshman guard Tyrell Terry. They are one of the three pairs of teammates to both be in the top 12 in the conference in scoring, averaging
a combined 31 points per game. The Cardinal relied on its defense to get their 20 wins on the year. Stanford allowed opponents to score an average of 62.5 points per game, the best mark in the Pac-12. Both Terry and junior guard Daejon Davis are in the top 11 in steals per game in the conference. Davis is tied for second with 1.71 steals per game and Terry is 11th with 1.43 steals per game. The Cardinal also have one representative on the all-conference defensive team: sophomore guard Bryce Wills. They should match up well with California since the Golden Bears registered the worst scoring offense in the Pac-12. They averaged 63.2 points per game, over six points less than the team in 11th and almost seven points worse than Stanford’s average. The mix of good defense and bad offense will prove too much for California to overcome and the Cardinal will move on to the next round. Prediction: Stanford 65-58 No. 11 Washington State vs No. 6 Colorado at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday These two teams met just once in the regular season with the Buffaloes winning a 78-56 contest. Both teams found themselves experiencing slides to end their seasons. Colorado lost its last four games and WSU dropped six of its final seven contests. The Buffaloes were ranked for most of season behind strong
play from their starting lineup. Their top four players in minutes played all averaged over nine points per game led by junior guard McKinley Wright IV with 14.2 points. He also was one of the better distributors in the conference, averaging the third most assists per game with 5.1. The Buffaloes are another team with a stout defense. They were second in the conference to Stanford in points allowed, letting opponents score an average of 63.7 points per game. They also have the most players named to the all-conference defensive team. Wright earned the honor by averaging 1.1 steals per game. Junior guard Tyler Bey was recognized for his 1.5 steals per game and 1.2 blocks per game, both marks are top six in the Pac12. WSU’s chances for a win will be riding on the shoulders on sophomore forward CJ Elleby. He is averaging a team-high 18 points per game, good for fourth best in the conference. Elleby has scored in double-digits in each of the Cougars’ 15 wins and has reached at least 20 points in 12 of the wins. Junior guard Isaac Bonton will provide Elleby with assistance. He is averaging 15.3 points per game, the 11th most in the conference, making the pair the highest ranked set of teammates in scoring. If those two both play well, WSU will have a legitimate opportunity to pull off the biggest upset of the first round. Prediction: WSU 75-74
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INK | Continued from Page 6 Telisa Swan offered Bird a rare apprenticeship, and she has been tattooing for seven years since. She enjoys neo-traditionalist tattooing — a style characterized by modern versions of traditional American tattoos. “In high school, I would definitely skip math to go hang out in the back of art class,” Bird said. “I did my first tattoo on myself.” In stark contrast to Telisa’s initial experience in tattooing, female tattooists are now common in many shops. “When I started, there weren’t very many women in this business and the men were of the mind to keep them out,” Telisa Swan said. “We kind of just had to stick together … People aren’t weird emma ledbetter | the daily evergreen [now] about being tattooed by a woman.” Telisa Swan, owner and tattoo artist at Swan Family Ink, tattoos an oak tree on customer Jordan Shull’s shin Thursday afternoon at Swan Family Ink in Moscow. As she has practiced her
craft over the years, she has seen the very nature of tattoos (by both men and women) change as well. Tattoos have come to be considered fine art — a stark contrast to the stigma that surrounded them in the ‘90s, she said. “I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist,” she said. “I was worried that somehow being a tattoo artist was going to, like, disqualify me? And now today, I couldn’t have ever imagined that now tattoos are considered fine art. [They’re] in galleries like Norman Rockwell.” Telisa Swan, Cera “Foo” Swan and Myra Bird are all available for custom tattooing at Swan Family Ink in Moscow, Idaho. Piercing and cosmetic tattooing are also offered. For more information on the artists and their work, visit swanfamilyink.com.
Time for Thai: Phikun’s restaurant review B y Em ma L e d b e tt e r Evergreen repor ter
Restaurant goers at Phikun’s Thai Cuisine say they keep coming back for the individually cooked and made-to-order food. A word of caution for those who plan on dining at this family-run business: try not to be in a rush. The food in this small local restaurant is tasty but can take a while to arrive. “Sometimes there’s a long wait for things because they make each dish individually,” said Heidi Fairchild, a cook and server at Phikun’s, “but nobody ever complains … it’s worth the wait.” I got to eat at Phikun’s this weekend and tried their pork spring rolls, pork Pad Kua Gai and beef Rama Garden. The spring rolls came out first and were a delicious start to the meal. Admittedly, the wait between the arrival of our appetizers and our entrees was longer than I would have liked. However, both dishes were hot when they eventually arrived and the vegetables tasted fresh. Initially, I thought the peanut sauce in the Rama Garden was overwhelming, but it was delicious when poured over rice. Customers Alison Detjens and Yvonne Thompson said they eat at Phikun’s
regularly, especially ordering take-out. Thompson said she loves the staff at the restaurant because they are very nice every time she orders. Fairchild said Phikun’s has customers come from as far as Moscow, Lewiston and Spokane. “If you know the place, you keep coming back,” Fairchild said. The portions are large, so I recommend going with a few friends and splitting the dishes family style, as I did. Especially considering the size of the
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plates, I thought the prices were reasonable, even for a broke college student willing to splurge. I would rate Phikun’s 3 and a half out of 5 stars. It was good Thai food, although not something I would phone home about. I intend to go back, but next time I won’t expect to be in and out quickly. Phikun’s is open 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and is closed on Sundays. The restaurant is located at 1020 S. Grand Ave. in Pullman.
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Beef spring rolls at Phikun’s Thai Cuisine are served with a homemade peanut sauce. Phikun’s is located at 1020 S. Grand Ave. in Pullman.